News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
International organizations review threats to security and stability
Publishing date: 13 February 2004
VIENNA, 13 February 2004- High-level representatives of the United Nations (UN), the Council of Europe (CoE) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) met today, in Vienna, to discuss how to respond to threats to...
Serb, Montenegrin police officers complete internal investigation course in the UK
Publishing date: 13 February 2004
BELGRADE, 13 February 2004- The first specialised training course on internal affairs investigation for members of both the Serbian and the Montenegrin interior ministries finished last week in the UK. Supported by the OSCE Mission, six officers...
OSCE seminar brings Tajik authorities and NGOs together for prison reform talks
Publishing date: 12 February 2004
DUSHANBE, 12 February 2004- Representatives of more than 30 NGOs, international organizations and the Tajik Government discussed prison reform for this Central Asian state at a three-day seminar that ended today. Initiated by the Tajik...
OSCE/ODIHR deploys 50 long-term observers to monitor Russian presidential election
Publishing date: 12 February 2004
WARSAW/MOSCOW, 12 February 2004- An Election Observation Mission to monitor the presidential election in the Russian Federation on 14 March has been deployed by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
Property Law implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina nears completion
Publishing date: 11 February 2004
SARAJEVO, 11 February 2004- The PLIP agencies (OHR, UNHCR and OSCE) announced today in Sarajevo that the implementation of the property law in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is nearing its completion...
OSCE Centre in Almaty to hold workshop on draft environmental information law
Publishing date: 11 February 2004
ALMATY, 11 February 2004- A workshop that will enable environmental non-governmental organizations to discuss the establishment of legal guarantees for access to information on environmental matters will be held in Almaty on 13 February...
OSCE CiO proposes closer co-operation with EU and NATO on Mediterranean issues
Publishing date: 10 February 2004
MUNICH, 11 February 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, urged the OSCE, the European Union and NATO to co-operate more closely on issues related to their Mediterranean partner states...